Motivation to serve in faith-based non-profit churches: The role of affective and normative commitment as well as motivation to lead

Abstract

This study defined and developed a four-item scale to measure motivation to serve (MTS) then correlated it with Cerff’s Motivation to Lead’s two scales as well as Affective and Normative Commitment scores. A convenience sample of 89 participants came from a non-denominational church in Oklahoma City, OK. The MTS showed significant correlation with Normative Commitment but not with the two Motivation-to-Lead scales or Affective Commitment. The benefit of this study lies in the development of a new scale to measure Motivation to Serve and the understanding that the new scale is significantly correlated with Normative Commitment.

Citation

Winston, B.E., Cerff, K. and Kirui, S. (2012), "Motivation to serve in faith-based non-profit churches: The role of affective and normative commitment as well as motivation to lead", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 15 No. 2, pp. 264-275. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-15-02-2012-B005